Hat-fastener.



No. 678,725. Patented luly I6, I90L C. F. GAUEN. v

HAT FASTENER.

(Application led Sept. b, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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Unirse Sterns Partnr @risica CHARLES F. GAUEN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOUR.

HATNFASTENEF.

SEEGIFXCATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,725, dated duly 16, 1901.

pplioation filed September 5, 1900. Serial No. 29,064. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. GAUEN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ladies Hat-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. My invention relates to a device for ret-aining ladies hats upon their heads, the device being of such a nature as to be readily applied to the article of headwear and easily placed into position in putting the hat upon the head..

The invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a perspective view of the holder. Fig. II is an enlarged detail view of the slidewires, the slides thereon, (one in section,) and the inner ends of the spring-arms. Fig. Ill is a view illustrating the under side of the crown of a hat, showing the holder arranged therein. Fig. IV is a sectional View through a hat equipped with the holder illustrated in position assumed on the head.

l and 3 designate wires that are joined by loops 2, located at the ends of the wire l.

These wires are bent into uniform curvature, and the wire is provided with prongs 4 at its ends. Secured to the wires midway of their length is a staple 5, the said staple, in connection with the looped ends of the wire l, serving to hold the wires a uniform distance apart throughout the length of the wire l.

(3 designates apertured slides mounted on the wires l and 3 and adapted to be moved thereon between the centrally-located staple 5 and the loops 2.

7 designates spring-arms bent at 8 and pivotally connected to the slide 6 at 9.

In the practical use of this device the holder is secured to the hat by placing it Within the base of the crown thereof, embedding the prongs a and staple 5 into the hat. The

spring-arms 7 arethen grasped by the wearer of the hat and spread apart a sucient distance to permit of their straddling the head. The hat is then placed. upon the head and the spring-arms are carried rearwardly at the same time into the position seen in Fig.

IV, where they embrace the head from opposite sides and retain the hat from escape. By changing the position of the slides (5 on the wires l and 3 the degree of spread of the spring-arms 7 may be increased or lessened, so as to make the device adaptable for large or small heads or to cause the spring-arms to embrace thehead more or less tightly. When the slides are moved inwardly toward 'the position of the staple 5, the spread of the springarms is increased, whereas when they are moved in the opposite direction the spread is lessened. By hinging the arms to the slides the arms may be caused'to embrace the head at any desired angle with relation to the part of the holder by which they are carried or the hat. On the removal of the hat the springarms may be moved on their hinges into the interior ol' the hat for convenience.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination oi' a holder-frame attached to an article of headwear, a pair of independent spring-arms individually hinged to said frame so. that they may be raised or lowered according'to the position it is desired to cause them to embrace the head.

2. rlhe combination of a holder-frame attached to an article of headwear, a pair of independentspring-arms andindividual hinged connections between the frame and arms whereby the arms may be raised or lowered according to the position it is desired te cause them to embrace the head.

3. ln a hat-holder, the combination of a pair of wires adapted to be secured within the article of headwear, slides arranged on said wires, and spring-arms hinged to said slides and adapted to embrace the head on opposite sides, substantially as described.

4. In a hat-holder, the combination of a pair of wires connected together and provided with prongs, a pair of slides arranged on said wires, and spring independent arms individually hinged to said slides, substantially as described.

5. In a hat-holder, the combination olD the pair of wires connected together, a pair of slides movably mounted on said wires, and a pair of spring-arms hinged to said slides, substantially as described.

CHARLES F. GAUEN.

:in presence of-- E. S. Kmen'r, M. TP. SMITH. 

